teen titans 03 was literally so fucked up because you’d have one episode that’s like “lol the teen titans got brain washed by an old lady from a pie funny moments XD” and then literally the next episode is the start of a 3 parter about the end of the world and raven’s father who is literally satan. binge watching the show is great because you get whiplash every single time an episode starts, the tone was just all over the place. its one of my favorite shows of all time.
the final of season 2 was about terra’s betrayal of the teen titans, slade’s emotional manipulation and abuse and the effects it had on her and her pre-existing insecurity, and her eventual sacrifice for the greater good. the episode that came before it was
teen titans: beast boy made cyborgs system crash because he wanted to play a video game LOL now he has to fix it with a little bald brat XD
teen titans immediately afterwards: a palpable version of robin’s ptsd haunts him as his friends continue to doubt it’s existence, the more he fights back and the more his fear and paranoia grow, the closer it gets to taking his life
teen titans right after that: raven teen angst romance
teen titans again: there is no george washington and there never was
the real “problem with political correctness” is not that it’s considered offensive to use slurs, but that there are now many “progressive” environments where saying the right things is more important than doing the right thing. it’s why it’s so easy for abusers to gain traction in leftist circles (they learn the right words quickly and employ them to frame their own behavior as progressive); it’s why so much potential activist energy gets poured into fighting about language; it’s why moderate liberals didn’t believe fer/guson had a problem until the police emails with actual racist language were leaked. (you can do racist things, you just can’t SAY racist things.) i don’t have a neat conclusion here but a related point is that i’m so much happier since i started focusing on like, being a good kind caring person instead of trying to remove the word “crazy” from the vocabulary of everyone in my family
Just saying this is truly one of the best “discourse” posts on this site like……this hits the nail directly on the head re: what is going on with language right now and everyone pushing back in the notes only serves to further prove the point it’s making
Elon Musk probably just attempted murder by cop on one of his employees bc he leaked info about tesla factories
So Musk sent out his people to stalk and defame this man, even going so far as putting a tracking bug in his cell phone to track his communication in REAL TIME and then telling the police he was threatening to shoot up the place, all because he told the press the factory was creating too much scrap, making it an unsafe work environment. (Not to mention how the factory is so unsupervised they have employees doing meth in their bathrooms and sleeping on the grounds of the factory)
Have to come to a realization that I am not secretly competing against anyone. I am my own person at different stages of growth. The only things I should be competing with is the person I was yesterday and the 24 hours I have before me.
you ever see a url that’s like “shipping-is-my-bloodstream” and you’re like “a little weird but they’re probably just a kid so it’s fine” and you look in their bio turns out they’re in their 20s
I’ll never forget the conversation I had with my ex guy friend a few years ago. We were 24. And he was talking about this girl he met at work that he really liked. She was 17.
He was telling me how he liked her, and didn’t want to have sex with her until she was 18, and he just wanted to date her cuz sex would be “wrong”
But here’s what struck me about the conversation. When listing all the things he liked about her, not one of them was ABOUT her. It was about how much she like him and was interested in him and his life in his hobbies. How she found everything he did was amazing and cool.
And here’s where it really hit home for me “she’s not like girls our age” (I guess forgetting he was speaking to a girl his age) But what he meant by that wasn’t that she was special, what he meant was “she’s not old enough to have met more interesting people to compare me to” and “she’s not experienced enough to fight me on my bull shit”
Because of course a teenage girl is gonna find a 24 year old man who has a nice car, a money to pay for things and the freedom to be involved in all his fun hobbies, of course she’s gonna find all that Amazing. Cuz she’s in highschool. Where as “girls his age” expect that. It’s not cool and amazing. Girls his age expect more. Girls his age also aren’t gonna fall for cheesey one liners and compliments, especially not in the same way an insecure still figuring herself out teenage girl is.
And let me tell you, this guy was no “loser” when it came to women. He was popular, good looking, everyone knew him, and for a lack of better words he “got around” But when it came to serious relationships I’m sure he heard a mouthful from the few women he dated “get a stable job so you can move out of your parents house” (and look no shade, the economy is rough but if you’re dating someone and they’re not even looking for jobs it’s annoying and trust me there was no fire under his ass to try) You know who he isn’t gonna hear that from? A teenage girl in highschool.
Thankfully nothing came of this. But what I really want to say, young people, if an older person is interested in you don’t trust them. Especially if you’re in highschool or just getting out of highschool. They don’t think you’re special, they think you’re not gonna be able to see their flaws. They’re trying to feed their ego. Cuz guess what? You are special. And you deserve every opportunity to figure out how goddamn special you are and be able to find someone just as special as you, and find you just as special and be able to have healthy equal relationships with that person. But that person who’s 6, 7- 10 years older than you isn’t interested in how special you are. They’re interested in how special you make them feel. And they will manipulate you to keep it that way.
Older people, keep your friends in check. Like I said, this guy wasn’t a loser, he didn’t have a history of dating young girls, he championed women’s rights, LGBT rights- you name it. White knighted his way past my ability to see thru his facade. Took me way to long to see what a shitty person he was.
But that person who’s 6, 7- 10 years older than you isn’t interested in how special you are. They’re interested in how special you make them feel.
